While a route serviced by an A350 should be an aircraft
where premium award seats can be made available, it's likely that availability for business class seats will be scarce so I wouldn't rely on booking these seats with partners like United.
Not exact matches
Many Temecula Valley wineries host restaurants
where talented chefs expertly pair
award - winning
premium varietals with fresh, local, seasonal foods; and
where guests dine with panoramic views of rolling hills and vineyards.
Nonetheless, this is
where you'll get the most value for your points, particularly when it comes to
premium cabin
award seats on long - haul flights.
Jason graduated with a BS summa cum laude in physics from the California Institute of Technology, was
awarded an MS in finance from Stanford University, and earned his PhD in finance from UCLA,
where he conducted research on the equity
premium, business cycles, and portfolio allocations.
But I suspect there are a lot more situations like this,
where increased redemption costs under the new United
award chart — especially in
premium cabins — will make it worth paying potentially astronomical fuel surcharges to their rivals.
If you're staying at non-chain hotels, or hotels
where you don't collect that chain's loyalty points, and you redeem your miles for high - value
awards, like intercontinental
premium cabin
awards, you'll get more value by booking through PointsHound than through a traditional cashback portal.
Airline partners are
where you will find the most value for your points, particularly on
award flights in international
premium cabins.
There are four Promo
Awards for travel between Europe and the Caribbean this time... but only two are for
premium cabin travel (which is
where most of the value is to be found):
Many airlines have tightened up
premium award availability, but that doesn't mean you can't get that coveted seat if you know
where to look.
Starpoints are worth even more than the cash - back currencies, assuming you prefer to redeem for international
awards in
premium cabins, which is
where miles get their maximum value.
Reduced the availability of
premium SAAver
Award availability on its own aircraft to levels where most travelers are having trouble finding a single award seat on routes they tr
Award availability on its own aircraft to levels
where most travelers are having trouble finding a single
award seat on routes they tr
award seat on routes they travel.
Those aren't terrible prices to pay for
premium cabins on the likes of JAL or Cathay Pacific but, once again there's no guarantee you'll find
award availability on dates
where cash fares are higher than that cost.
Low level
award redemptions for
premium business class international round - trip tickets can usually be found for 140,000 miles, but Delta occasionally has flash sales
where those
awards cost just 110,000 miles.
Winner of the Conde Nast Gold List
award in 2013, Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet promises a
premium experience
where you'll find a rooftop terrace, plus you'll be just steps from Hagia Sophia.
Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book
premium international tickets on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of
award tickets
where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value on
award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open seat on a flight, just as if you were buying it.
Lesson 5: Diversify — It helps with long - haul
premium awards This may sound slightly different than the advice that is typically given around frequent flyer miles,
where people suggest you focus on one program.